Research & development

Efficient energy generation from gravity

09 December, 2015

Architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars has developed a method to generate free energy in a sustainable way. The patent-pending technique, which sees energy released by perpetually unbalancing a weight, offers an alternative to solar and wind technology.


Chemical design without metals

08 December, 2015

Rice University scientists have synthesised dozens of small-molecule catalysts — tools that promise to speed the making of novel chemicals, including drugs — without the use of transition metals.


Soil research and earthquake damage prevention

04 December, 2015

According to Wang Shengzhe, our understanding of soils' behaviour is still minimal — and this has to change if we are to prevent the structural damage that can arise from natural disasters such as earthquakes.


Giant Magellan Telescope ready for construction

24 November, 2015

Atop a remote mountain in the Chilean Andes, construction on the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is about to begin.


Invasive mynas a disease threat to native birds

18 November, 2015 by Graeme O'Neill

Is the Indian myna waging biological warfare to gain a competitive advantage over Australia's native birds as they spread through eastern Australia?


Treating diseases with plants

06 November, 2015

Scientists from QUT, who are studying the use of plants to combat golden staph infections, heal wounds and treat diseases, have received an extra $1 million in funding.


The mystery of organic matter in lunar samples

30 October, 2015

Scientists have solved a mystery which has plagued NASA since the Apollo missions to the moon — the fact that samples of lunar soil brought back to Earth contained low levels of organic matter in the form of amino acids.


Methane-metabolising microorganisms discovered

27 October, 2015

Scientists from The University of Queensland have discovered two new microorganisms which are said to play an unknown role in greenhouse gas emissions and consumption.


Magnetic energy can change your brain — and your ideology

19 October, 2015

Researchers have used transcranial magnetic stimulation to temporarily shut down a region of the brain — specifically, the region that solves abstract problems addressed by ideology.


Starving breast cancer cells of nutrients

13 October, 2015

A research team led by Sydney's Centenary Institute has discovered a significant link between breast cancer and nutrition — one which could lead to a new treatment aimed at 'starving' breast cancer cells.


Why don't elephants get cancer?

12 October, 2015

US researchers may have solved an intriguing mystery — why do elephants rarely get cancer?


Trialled in the wild — the Tasmanian devil vaccine

29 September, 2015

Nineteen Tasmanian devils, who were recently immunised against the deadly devil facial tumour disease (DFTD), have been released into Narawntapu National Park as part of a program to test the vaccine in the wild for the very first time.


Kangaroo cartilage could improve implants

25 September, 2015

QUT scientists are studying kangaroo cartilage in order to improve implants for joints that have been worn out by age, arthritis or injury.


The basis for high-efficiency energy transfer in photosynthetic organisms

25 September, 2015

Chinese and Japanese researchers have elucidated the mechanisms governing the conversion of carbon dioxide into sugars for high-efficiency energy transfer in photosynthetic organisms.


Applications open for Early Career Researcher Showcase 2016

22 September, 2015

The CRC Association is inviting five early-career researchers to give five-minute presentations at the association's annual conference 'The Business of Innovation 2016'.


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